When spraying acrylic lacquer is it better to do it when it's warm or cool?
Doesn't really matter to much (with in reason). Warm is ideal, hot is almost worst than cold as long as it's not to much moisture in the air. Acrylic can be a more finicky lacquer compared to nitro (nitro seems to have no limit in terms of adding solvents or retarders, acrylic can).
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What are your feelings on different woods for fingerboards? I heard that you're not a fan of Zebrawood. Any particular reason?
I think Zebrawood is really cool actually, just not my bag. Andrew, my employee his Daylighter has a zebrawood fretboard and it's bad ass.
I also feel that people make way to much of a big deal about fretboard wood. My criteria goes as follows (in order of importance)
1. Stability
2. Machinability
3. Visual appeal
4. Sonical appeal
Honestly, I've used a ton including brazilian and it's SUCH a small difference sonically that it's relatively low on the list of important features to me. If you want to break it into speech here's how I describe it:
The body is what you say
The neck is how you say it
The fretboard is 5% regional accent.
OK, here's a question: why doesn't anyone use oak for solid body guitars? I understand that oak has dimensional stability problems when using long flat pieces, but it seems to me that a neck (or even body) made butcher block style of oak would be unbelievably strong and stiff, leading to increased sustain.
An oak body would be heavy for sure, but could be chambered for lighter weight.
Brain May's red special is red oak isn't it? I don't see why you couldn't I think just my 25 years doing cabinet/remodels has me genetically predisposed to FUCKING HATE OAK. BURN ALL OAK KITCHEN CABINETS... sorry I don't know what happened there.
It is heavy, it's got very open grain and not the greatest stability but a chambered oak body would probably sound great.
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